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Gareth Bacon vs Torsten Bell

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Gareth Bacon
Gareth Bacon
Con Orpington
vs
Photograph of Torsten Bell
Torsten Bell
Lab Swansea West

Voting alignment

Gareth Bacon and Torsten Bell voted the same way 1% of the time, based on 317 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 313 different votes 317 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
6 Aye 16 No
Benefits 9% aligned 22 shared votes
14 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 25 No
Crime / Justice 2% aligned 41 shared votes
24 Aye 17 No
33 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
3 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
26 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
33 Aye 46 No
Tax 0% aligned 79 shared votes
46 Aye 33 No
3 Aye 26 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 29 shared votes
26 Aye 3 No
11 Aye 16 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
16 Aye 11 No
4 Aye 17 No
Housing 0% aligned 21 shared votes
17 Aye 4 No
8 Aye 7 No
Transport 0% aligned 15 shared votes
7 Aye 8 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

87.8 %
15 % above average
Rank 49 of 649
Participation
71.3 %
1 % below average
Rank 398 of 649
1,442
1,643 eligible divisions
Total votes
410
575 eligible divisions
707
49.0 % of votes cast
Aye votes
226
55.1 % of votes cast
735
51.0 % of votes cast
No votes
184
44.9 % of votes cast
5
0.3 % of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0 % of votes cast
6 years, 8 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
2 years, 1 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

52
-25.9 vs Commons average
Rank 412 of 650
Appearances
74
-3.9 vs Commons average
Rank 279 of 650
65
-73.3 vs Commons average
Rank 437 of 650
Contributions
340
+201.7 vs Commons average
Rank 48 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,123,891
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£152,220
all imported IPSA years
£268,955
19 % above average
Latest expenses
£152,220
33 % below average
2
2 registered categories
Registered interests
2
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
63 of 63 votes
#1
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
Trade
52 of 53 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Work / Employment
64 of 67 votes
#3
Benefits
29 of 30 votes
Environment / Climate
42 of 44 votes
#4
Energy
18 of 20 votes
Migration
146 of 154 votes
#5
Trade
6 of 7 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Aye
Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 13 Jul 2026
Migration
No
No
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
Aye
No
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Aye
No
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
Aye
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 5 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
Aye
Taxation (Energy and Vehicles) Bill Committee: New Clause 4 1 Jul 2026
Energy Tax Transport
No
No
Employment Tribunals Extension of Jurisdiction (England and Wales) (Amendment) Order 2026 1 Jul 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
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